Fireworks.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

W. A. GILMBR. FIREWORKS. APPLICATION PILD sBPT.14, 1905.

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WILLIAM A. GILMER, OF BROADVIEW, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO J. A. SMISER.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed September 1A, 1905. Serial No. 278,418.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. GILMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Broadview, in the county of Mary and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireworks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Io. which it appertains to make and use the same.l

My invention relates to fireworks and the process of making same, and is more particularly an improvement in devices of this charr 5 acter adapted to explode with a loud concussion.

' The object of the invention is to provide a spherical body in which is embedded an explosive charge adapted to be ignited byv a zo fuse extending through the body.

Another object is to provide a spherical body formed of one or more strips of fibrous material which are wound about the explosive charge to produce a device of proper size 2 5 and contour.

W'ith the above and other objects in view the nvention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be 'hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown the preferred form of my invention. In said'drawings, Figure 1' is a side elevation of the device, and Fig. 2 is a section there- 3 5 through.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a bag or receptacle of paper, cloth, or other material containing powder 2 or other suitable eXplosive. This bag and 4o its contents are preferably compressed, so as to assume a substantially spherical form, and a fuse 3 is placed with one end therein. Bag 1 is then inclosed by winding threads of cotton or other material therearound,` so as to produce a spherical body 4, which can be made of any desired size. be made in any manner desired, and when the operation is completed the fuse 3 will project through the body of the explosive, as shown inzthe drawings. That portion 5 'of the fuse adj acent the surface of the device is considerably enlarged and contains a greater amount of powder than does the balance of the fuse, so that a flash will occur just prior to the ignition of the charge 2 by the fuse, and this flash will serve as a Warning The windings can body,

preliminary to the explosion.

The device herein described is adaptedto be thrown like a ball after the fuse has een ignited, and as the body of the device is formed of threads no danger Will result from the er.:- plosion because there are no hard particles to be projected. By producing a spherical explosive the area presented to the atmosphere is greatlyincreased and the concusslon is increased proportionately. a

Havin thus fully described my invention, What I -caim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1,. The herein-described process ofl producing fireworks consisting of first inclosing an explosive charge within a receptacle extending a fuse into the charge and then winding threads upon the receptacle and about the fuse so as to produce an outer shell or body of threads and which completely incloses the charge.

2. A device of the character described comprising an explosive charge, a body incloslng the same and formed of threads wound about the charge, and a fuse extending from the charge.

3. A device ofthe Character described comprisin a receptacle, an explosive charge there- 1n, a guse extending from the charge, and a body or shell inclosin the charge and its receptacle and surrom ing the fuse, said body comprising threads wound about the charge.

4. A device of the Character described comprising a body formed of wound fibrous material, an explosive charge inclosed by the body and disposed at the center thereof, and a fuse extendin from said charge and through the body, said tion adj acent thesurface of the body.

5. A device of the character described comprising a spherical body formed of wound fibrous material, an explosive charge inclosed within the center of the body, and a fuse exa tending from said charge and through the said fuse having an enlarged portion` adj :cent the surface of the body to produce a fias In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM A. GILMER. Witnesses: i

J L E. HENDERSON, M. E. COURTNEY.

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